Superior Extremities
Left wrist very lame and sore, in the morning,.
Inferior Extremities
Great weakness of the legs, with general prostration of strength,. Unsteadiness of step, with a feeling I cannot describe, but far worse from pain,.
Generalities
Trembling.(130) Paroxysms,. Convulsions,. Convulsions, supposed from the description given by those around her to be epileptic, in which the shoulder was dislocated. A succession of convulsions supervened, with frothing at the mouth, laborious respiration, and irregular pulse,. Convulsions of a severe and dangerous character,. She was seized with convulsions, after which she vomited freely, then was carried in a state of catalepsy to bed,. Violent convulsions. Clonic spasms (after three-quarters of an hour),. Violent clonic spasm. Spasms occurred in about twelve minutes. They were most violent rigid kind of clonic spasms, but not convulsive, they came on instantaneously and generally, and continued about one minute.
They were attended with slight, if any, motion of the arms; it might be called a trembling. The arms were peculiarly affected, and invariably in the same way; they were thrown out, forward of, and at right angles with the body; the hands, at the wrists, bent at right angles, with the forearm supinated, the points of the fingers nearly in contact, the fingers straight, and slightly bent at the joint which united them with the hand. The muscles of respiration were strongly affected during each paroxysm; air was forced from the chest slowly but steadily, and made a slight hissing noise as it escaped from between the patient’s lips.
During the intermission of spasm, the muscles were perfectly flexible, and the transition seemed very sudden. The jaws were the only exception to this rule; they were for the first hour and a quarter rigidly closed, and were with difficulty opened, but after that, were subjected to the same action as the rest of the body; when the spasms were on, they were rigid, and when they were off, they were relaxed. After the patient grew weaker, the spasms were more frequent, but had about the same severity and p73 length.(140) At intervals of five or ten minutes the body was convulsed by strong spasms, in which the head was thrown back, the respiration suspended, the arms raised and kept rigidly extended, and the fingers contracted. After this state of rigidity had continued for about half a minute, it was usually succeeded by a tremulous motion, often sufficient to shake the room, together with very faint and imperfect attempts at inspiration The whole interval, from the commencement of the convulsion to the first full inspiration, varied from a minute to a minute and a half. Occasionally, the tongue was wounded by the teeth, and the saliva slightly tinged with blood. Immediately, after a convulsion, the countenance was very pallid and livid, from the suspension of respiration, and the pulse exceedingly reduced in strength and frequency. The pulse and color then gradually returned until the occurrence of the next spasm. It was very common, a few seconds after the termination of a convulsion, for the head to be drawn slowly backward, and the eyelids, at the same time, stretched wide open. In the intervals of the convulsion, the limbs were mostly relaxed, but the jaws remained clenched, General paralysis of all voluntary motion, including the muscles of deglutition (after six hours),. Great immobility; he made extraordinary movements and remarkable gestures, stretching, drawing up the feet, standing on his head, and when spoken to concerning it, he said “Let me do as I wish; I cannot do anything else;” so he drew up the legs, and when the muscles would not draw them farther, he pulled them up with his hands, and then suddenly stretched them out; throughout this there were no pains; it lasted half an hour, recurring several times (after several doses),. Few rheumatic symptoms. A sensation approaching a thrill through the whole frame,.
Sleep
Somewhat drowsy (after three hours and a quarter),. Went to bed drowsy, but not restless (after three hours and a half),.
Fever
Surface cool and moist (after three-quarters of an hour); cold and clammy (after one hour and a quarter),. Surface below its normal temperature, still cooler towards the extremities (after two hours),. Temperature 100.5 o F. (after two hours and three- quarters),. Temperature 99.5 o F. (after half an hour). Feeling of warmth diffused over whole abdomen (after fifteen minutes),.
Skin warm, but not remarkable as to moisture,. Cold clammy perspiration covered the surface (after six hours),.
Conditions
(Night), Sour eructations; 4 A.M., colicky pains in umbilical region.
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.